Best PlacesGlenn Dale, MD Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glenn Dale, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Glenn Dale ranks 13,808th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on big-city access by a wide margin, and taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Glenn Dale
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
Glenn Dale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glenn Dale ranks high
- Big-city accessBetter than 97% of towns
- Household income$142,749 median, better than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 94% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 94% of towns
- TransitBetter than 92% of towns
Where Glenn Dale ranks low
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than only 1% of towns
- State infrastructureBetter than only 8% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 10% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,268 a month, better than only 12% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glenn Dale
A household needs to earn about $144,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glenn Dale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $142,749; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses Glenn Dale's effective rate of 0.71%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glenn Dale
Glenn Dale runs older than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glenn Dale.
Who works in Glenn Dale, and how
Work in Glenn Dale centers on professional & technical and public administration. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 75%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 6%
Life in Glenn Dale
The coast is about 28 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Glenn Dale, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glenn Dale, month by month
Glenn Dale sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 90 degrees. January highs sit near 45, with lows near 28. The comfortable stretch runs April through June, September, and October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 45° | 36° | 28° |
| April | 68° | 57° | 46° |
| July | 90° | 80° | 70° |
| October | 70° | 59° | 50° |
Flying in and out of Glenn Dale
Ronald Reagan Washington Ntl sits about 15 miles away. It is a large hub and boarded 12.0 million passengers in 2025, with 128 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around Glenn Dale
Schools across Glenn Dale average a D+, better than 15% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Woodmore ElementaryD+ · 23% proficient
- Rockledge ElementaryD · 18% proficient
- Glenn Dale ElementaryD · 17% proficient
Top middle schools
- Samuel Ogle MiddleC− · 28% proficient
- Thomas Johnson MiddleD− · 17% proficient
Top high schools
- Bowie HighB · 47% proficient
- Duval HighC+ · 36% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glenn Dale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glenn Dale measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare Glenn Dale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glenn Dale
Is Glenn Dale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glenn Dale ranks 13,808th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on big-city access, high incomes, and population health, and lowest on taxes and state infrastructure. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glenn Dale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $556,621. The overall cost of living runs about 18% above the national average. Set against a $142,749 median income, cost of living beats 91% of towns.
Is Glenn Dale safe?
Glenn Dale is safer than 24% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $423 per resident a year.
Compare Glenn Dale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glenn Dale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glenn Dale represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
Glenn Dale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glenn Dale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glenn Dale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glenn Dale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glenn Dale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glenn Dale detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
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